Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.

The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

Hi everyone, welcome to another episode in our series on the last night on the Titanic.

We're looking at the cast of characters who were there on the fateful night, the Titanic went down.

And then we're also looking at aspects of the culture on the Titanic that go beyond just the different classes,

the workers, the vendors, the cooks, those who made the Titanic what it was,

and delving more into their story.

So as always, I'm here with Veronica.

In key, Veronica, how are you doing?

I'm doing well.

All right, someone we're going to look at.

Well, I, genre of people we're going to look at, I think it's going to be very interesting.

And we're going to look at writers on the Titanic.

And this isn't something I really ever thought of or considered, but it makes perfect sense that there would have been writers.

Before we get into them, there's something I'm curious about.

Did the writers who were on the Titanic really contribute to the crafting of the narrative that we know about the Titanic today,

or was it other people?

How do they contribute to this story?

Yes, Scott, actually there were several journalists on board.

And journalist Lawrence Beasley was on board in second class on the Titanic.

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